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The television news is telling me that the government will make a major announcement about more funding for universities tomorrow, and ‘One News’ will have all the details.
All of the recent constant stream of new funding announcements should have been in last months budget. The government obviously tried to hoodwink Treasury, credit ratings agencies, and the the public that we had a responsible ‘bread & butter’ budget.
“We’re gonna need a bigger (borrowing) boat!”
‘Rescue package’ = Bailout.
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‘The Government is poised to step in with a rescue package for the country’s struggling universities facing hundreds of job cuts.
The Herald understands the Government will on Tuesday announce major new funding to help universities that are facing major deficits following drops in student numbers, particularly international students over the Covid years.
The funding will be reallocated from within the existing Budget.’
Nothing to rescue themselves yet .. or will that be the spare Airforce plane in Manila on the off chance
taking away burnt sausage rolls and being back Tip Top icecream Sundays for the Chinese melt ? ;)
Has Robbo located another hidden slushfund of spare loot ? .. hope it wasn't Handy Andy's large fuel & repairs fund
for the Chinese rescue trip ? ;)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...OEEKCRSFWLVSQ/
Retailer H&J Smith confirms closure, job losses of 220
With such lofty levels of current Consumer & Business confidence, Govt a Trainwreck going nowhere
fast with wheels all off, this sort of thing will be of no surprise to most, with more to follow ..
Sad to see this happen
Prepare for more destruction to follow
‘Almost $160 million worth of rapid antigen tests (Rats) bought during the Covid-19 pandemic are set to be wasted if Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand doesn’t find a way to re-purpose or recycle them.
It’s prompted a hurry-up from Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall directed at Te Whatu Ora after officials were asked months ago to develop options for the future use of leftover tests.
But a solution hasn’t yet been decided on.
In response to a written parliamentary question from Act deputy leader Brooke van Velden, Verrall said as of June 12, Te Whatu Ora had possession of 1,830,758 expired Rats in its central stores and a further 16,008,766 that would not be dispatched as they were nearing expiry.’
‘Four Oranga Tamariki staff appear to be clocking up close to two years of paid leave after being suspended for their involvement in a shut-down children’s home in Christchurch.
The child protection agency launched an investigation and closed the 10-bed Te Oranga care and protection house in June 2021, after a leaked video showed a boy being tackled and held in a headlock.
As of last week, most of the 28 staff who worked at the Te Oranga residence had been redeployed to other sites and roles while four remained suspended with pay.’
Shock, horror!
A little darling being restrained while in the care of the state.
It's their right to run amok!
Outcome?
Disillusioned staff, and nearly impossible to replace them.
Leading to even more problems for the state.
Anyone who thinks differently should provide a refuge for the little darlings in their own home.
Then they will 'find out'.
Yes, and in the meantime the sire and dam (not parents) will conceive another couple of little darlings to envelop with aroha before tossing them to the state.
And then the critics will attack the caregivers, but never the 'whanau'.
Pay up taxpayer suckers, and if you're late we will come after you!
It was very irresponsible of that staff member to tackle that poor waif.
They should have invoked the standard Labour promise of a ticket to a Warriors game and a $75 bucket of KFC.
Bad behavior must be rewarded eh!
Ah well, sometimes the primeval instincts just kick in..
Government bailout incoming? We know KiwiRail runs on endless bailouts, NZ Post probably next in line to assume that model, then KiwiBank.
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‘NZ Post has told its workforce it plans to lay off at least 750 staff.
The national mail carrier will soon begin consultation on reducing the number of its mail roles, which it says comes in response to its postal services no longer being used like they once were.
The 750 full-time equivalent roles would be phased out over the next five years, it confirmed.
A spokesperson for NZ Post stressed that the “people changes” were “going to be a slow adjustment”.’
‘Employment confidence has fallen to its lowest level in two years as job opportunities narrow and living costs continue to climb, according to a bank survey.
The Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index fell by 3.9 points to 105.6 in the June quarter.
A figure above 100 indicates the number of optimists outnumbered pessimists in the survey.
While households remained positive on balance about conditions in the labour market, this was the lowest reading for the Index since June 2021.’
It is obvious that Robbo’s ‘bread and butter’ budget was a mirage, just smoke and mirrors. The budget is blown. The credit ratings agencies will not be duped. We will all suffer because of this duplicity and profligacy.
Yep this is of no surprise. Where wifey works in public health, they had a Maori person that was doing 'massage' care for the staff. He would visit the offices and public health buildings to do such 'massage' when shortly, a woman made a sexual harassment complaint. Because he was Maori, they did not want this to be a massive media scandal so they swept this under the table.... by keeping him on the pay role for well over a year... What better way to not have to show up for work but still get paid?
Now there's every group wanting bail outs. AJ Hackett in Queenstown soon 1 tourist operator after another. Then the Universities profs are walking off or dismissed as student enrollments are down. Every week, someone sticking their hand out.